Continuity Insights 2011 Management Conference
Date: Monday, April 11, 2011 -
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Description: The complete conference program for the Continuity Insights Management Conference is NOW AVAILABLE! Click above to view the entire agenda, educational sessions, networking events, and post-conference workshop offerings. Mark your calendar to join us as the event moves to the Hyatt Regency Atlanta for 2011.
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Key to Conference Designations
A Case Study
B Crisis Management
C Emerging Issues
D Measuring Program Effectiveness
E Program Development and Methodology
F Professional Development
G Public/Private
H Enterprise Risk Management
P Plenary
MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2011
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Plenary Session
P1 What You Need to Know About DHS and FEMA
Brian Scott, DHS
Dan Stoneking, FEMA
9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Breakout Sessions
A1 Planning for Protests: Toronto and the G20
Suzanne Bernier, Toronto Hydro-Electric System
C1 The Thirty-first Scenario
Courtenay Enright, Symantec
C2 The NNEMP Threat: Your Data at Risk!
W. Martin Myers, Bank of America
D1 Taking Recovery Exercises Beyond the Norm
Beverly Schulz, CapitalOne
E1 Change Management and BCP: Keeping Plans Relevant
Kevin Hall, Global AlertLink
E2 Validating Plans Using Failure Point Exercise Methodology
Geary Sikich, Logical Management Systems
John Jackson, Fusion Risk Management
A2 Leveraging Operational Management for Business Continuity
Lorne Cass, Delta Air Lines
B1 Crisis Management: A Utility Perspective
Michele L. Guido and Diane S. Harris, Southern Company
C3 What Is Cloud Cataloging?
Ed Tosh, Booz Allen Hamilton
D2 Business Continuity Metrics
Dan Newton, Microsoft
E3 Why Business Continuity Doesn't Work
Stuart Winn, ITG
F1 Five Skills You Need and Five Ways to Get Better at Them
Scot Phelps, Emergency Management Academy
G1 Community Collaboration
Keith Nohe, AT&T, and Patrick Flynn, AGL Resources
B2 Mock Disaster Exercise
Sponsored by Mail-Gard (this is a four-hour exercise)
1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Breakout Sessions
A3 Reality TV Meets BCP
Tom Serio, Verizon Wireless
C4 BCP in a Down Economy
Ted Brown, KETCHConsulting
D3 Measuring Service Continuity
David White, CERT Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon University
E4 Incident Management and Organizational Resiliency
Chris Glebus, NEDRIX
H2 Transform Yourself into an IT Risk Manager
Richard Cocchiara, IBM
2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Breakout Sessions
A4 Incident Management in a Global Company
Jaime McLain, Cisco Systems
B3 Incorporating Business Continuity Management and Vendor Management
Margaret Millett, eBay
C5 Supply Chain Resilience and PS-Prep
William G. Raisch, International Center for Enterprise Preparedness, New York University
E5 Trench Warfare
Michael Keating, Doulos Business Consulting
H3 Risk Assessment: Finding Your Experts
Steven Ross, Risk Masters, Inc.
C6 Virtualization, The Cloud, and Operational Excellence
Frank Leonetti, Oracle
C7 The Essential Tools to Building a Premier Business Continuity Program
John Linse, EMC
D4 Developing a World Class BC Assessment Program
Donald Byrne, North River Solutions
E6 Organizational Structure Can Mitigate Risk and Build Resiliency
Lynnda Nelson, ICOR
H4 Can We Finally Get Rid of the Six-page List of Risks?
Jayne Howe, The Howe Partnership
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Exhibit Hall Opening Reception
TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2011
P2 The Business Implications of Terrorism
Mark Giuliano, Assistant Director, Counterterrorism, FBI
8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Plenary Session
Thomas J. Elliott, Vice President & Chief Learning Officer, Strategic Workforce Solutions, ETS
A5 Designing Enterprise Disaster Recovery at Northrop Grumman
Frank Ioli, Northrop Grumman Information Technology, and Eric Beck, Risk Masters
B4 Workplace Violence: Understanding and Defusing the Violent Mind
Bruce T. Blythe, Crisis Management International
C8 The Technology Side of Business Continuity for Healthcare Organizations
Kathy Lee Patterson, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and
Bill Rider, Johns Hopkins Hospital & University
D5 Conducting an Effective Tabletop Exercise
Scott Strohecker, Members 1st Federal Credit Union, and Stephen Myers, Paradigm Solutions International
E7 Achieving and Maintaining Executive Interest, Support, and Funding
Mike Lattanzi, Georgia-Pacific
F2 What I Learned About Myself during the Disaster
Robert Roberts, Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta
G2 Public-Private Partnerships that Fill Gaps and Enhance Services
David Wardell, Atlanta Downtown Improvement District
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Exhibits Open
1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Vendor Presentations
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Breakout Sessions
A6 Tabletop Exercises - How We Did It!
Chris Rohrs, TSYS
A7 An In-House Solution for an Alternate Site
Nancy Tate, UPS
C9 Challenging the Norms in a Difficult and Changing World
Clyde Berger, Imagine Continuity Enterprises
C10 Are You Ready When Things Go Wrong?
Scott Ream, Virtual Corporation
D6 Preparing a Multi-Day/Multi-Function Test
Marlene Rupp and Brian Calabrese, Wellington Management Company
E8 Leverage Relationships and Advance Availability Risk Management
Cole Emerson
G3 How to Get Along with Us: Public/Private Sector Cooperation
Panelists:
Dan Hahn, Santa Rosa County
David Wardell, Atlanta Downtown Improvement District
Dylan Sorensen, GEMA
Moderator: Scot Phelps, Emergency Management Academy
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions
A8 Leveraging Continuity Strategies to Insurance Savings
Dave King, Horst Insurance
C11 Transformation of Continuity through Technology
Heather Blanchard, CrisisCommons
C12 Supply Chain and Business Continuity: Critical Paths Converge
Michael W. Janko, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, and Alan Berman, DRI International
D7 What You Need to Know About Management Systems
Robert Giffin, Avalution Consulting
E9 Years of Advice in One Hour or Less
Panelists:
Beverly Schulz, CapitalOne
Scott Hall, Equifax
Christine White, Home Depot
Steve McClesky, Regions Bank
E10 Single Points of Failure: What and How?
Mark Carroll, Boston University
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. CNN Center Reception
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2011
8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Vendor Presentations
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Breakout Sessions
A10 A Tornado Strikes Georgia-Pacific
Herb Dowdy, Georgia-Pacific
B5 The Home Depot’s Role in Disaster Response
Jeff Partin, The Home Depot
C13 Taking Resiliency into the Cloud
Dennis Wenk, EMC Consulting
E11 Continuity from the Eye of the Storm
Mike McKenna, TEAM Solutions
E12 Selecting and Implementing Business Continuity Software
Aaron Callaway, Fairchild Consulting
F3 How to Make More Money in BC
Cheyene Haase, BC Management
Len Pagano, Safe America Foundation
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Exhibits Open
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Breakout Sessions
A11 The Power of Communications Continuity
Emily Rawlings, SCANA Corporation/South Carolina Electric & Gas
C14 The Cyber Threat: No Boundaries
Barry Cardoza, Bay Area Response Coalition
D8 Benchmarking BCM: Perceived Capabilities vs. Reality
Robert Emmel, Accenture
E13 Challenges of Facility Support Services
Rosalind Harris, County of Ventura
E14 Aligning Your BC Program With Standards
Ann Pickren, Firestorm
E15 A Grand Tour of Expedia’s Business Resiliency Program
Howard Mannella, Expedia
F4 Why Are We Invisible?
Patrice Stein, Continuity First
2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Plenary Session
P4 Business Continuity at UPS
Chris Summerrow, UPS
CONFERENCE ADJOURNS
Post-Conference Courses
Wednesday, April 13, 2010 to Friday, April 15, 2010
DRI International
Post-Conference Course and Qualifying Examination
BCP-501: Business Continuity Planning Review
Wednesday, April 13, 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 14, 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Friday, April 15, 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Exam: April 15, 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Six Core BCM Competencies in BCI’s Good Practice Guidelines
Thursday and Friday, April 14-15, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Exam – Saturday, April 16, 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Presented by the Business Continuity Institute
How to Conduct Powerful Exercises... Every Time
Thursday, April 14, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 a.m.
Presented by The Center for Continuity Leadership
Comprehensive BIA Process – Methodology
Thursday, April 14, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Friday, April 15, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Presented by ContinuityLink
CMC 2050 - Crisis Communications Planner
Thursday, April 14, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Friday, April 15, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Presented by ICOR